Odes of Solomon

Nuhra2021 Ode 18

Ode 18 For Your Will Is Perfection 1 My heart was lifted up in the love of the Most High and expanded, that I might praise him on account of <his> name. 2 My limbs were strengthened that they might not fall from his power. 3 Infirmities removed themselves from my body, and they ceased by the Lord according to his will, because his kingdom is firm. 4 O Lord, because of those who are lacking, do not deprive me of your utterance! 5 Nor, because of their works, withhold from me your perfection! 6 Let not the light be conquered by the darkness, nor let truth flee because of falsehood. 7 Let your right hand appoint victory for our salvation, and from every place receive and protect everyone from getting held fast by misfortunes. 8 You are my God; falsehood and death are not in your mouth, for your will is perfection. 9 And vanity you do not know, because neither does it know you. 10 And error you do not know, because neither does it know you. 11 And ignorance appeared like ocean spray, and like the stench of the sea. 12 And the vain people thought that it was something great, and they became like its likeness and grew futile. 13 And they knew, those who know and meditate, and they were not defiled by their thoughts, 14 because they were in the mind of the Most High. And they derided those who were walking with Error, 15 and they instead spoke the truth from the breath that the Most High breathed into them. 16 Glory and sublime majesty to his name! Hallelujah!